JOHANNES TORPE
‘The audience will experience a very personal and unfiltered performance centred on the conditions we set for creativity and how we set them free’
Claim to fame:
This Danish designer is an unconventional and self-trained creative who works across the fields of interior-, product-, lighting- and graphic design, while also producing music and playing the drums. Among other accolades he was recently named the Group Creative Director of Bang & Olufsen. He calls himself a design activist, and is dedicated to telling compelling and authentic stories through creativity and design.
What to expect from this DI talk:
“In everything I do, my goal is always to tell a good story and bring myself to the table, so that is what I will do at Design Indaba,” says Johannes. “The audience will experience a very personal and unfiltered performance centred on the conditions we set for creativity and how we set them free. And also, I am very serious about calling it a performance and not a talk. I think the production team must be scratching their heads right now, wondering if I am serious — my list of requirements includes a golden spacesuit, a drum kit and a handful of dancers. That’s all I’m going to say right now. You’ll need to come and see the rest for yourself.”
Johannes on Design Indaba:
“This is one of the most important gatherings for creative people in the world, and I have for a long time wanted to experience it myself. I cannot wait to absorb the greatness from the amazing number of innovative super-brains that will be talking. It is such an important time for creativity to fight the mediocre tendencies in the world. Together, I am sure we can disrupt for a better future.”